>Ouch.
>”Boy, this Ritzy Chicken is always great,” Hubs said the other night as we ate dinner. “You know, this is totally going to be one of those recipes that you hand down and the girls make some day for their families.”
“I don’t think I’ll be cooking though,” 16 said, wrinkling her nose.
“Yeah,” 13 agreed quickly, “Me neither.”
“And besides,” 16 continued in all seriousness, “I’m going to be an actress, so I’ll have someone cooking my meals for me.”
So, um, if anyone has kids who do plan on cooking some day? Or who would at least like a good main course suggestion to pass on to their hired help? Let me know and I’ll be happy to pass on my recipe.
>My son surprised me – he cooks. Of course he still hates eggs, onions, and anything prepared in a wok. Just tell them the old saw “Kissin’ wears out cookin’ don’t. I read that on an apron somewhere…
>Sounds like it’s time to sign them up for Home Ec classes! hee heeThat recipe sounds pretty good…I might have to try it. I made a “breaded” fish with the Vegetable Ritz crackers & parmesan cheese that came out great.
>Yea, and I find the dishes that get the best reviews are pretty low-brow around here. Would they eat my scallop-stuffed peppers with pesto on a bed of mesculun? No, but they beg for sausage. Anything with processed meats. How disgusting but yet loveable.
>Both of my teens cook and bake. I started them out EARLY with cooking classes after school in first grade. I’ve followed through with a lot of cooking lessons, and now we live literally around the corner from a cooking school for kids. But it’s a high-brow, gourmet cooking school. My kids eat almost anything (well, my son will) and they’re willing to help me in the kitchen nightly. My daughter bakes bread and makes cute cupcakes, etc. I’ve never heard of the ritz recipe, but we’d probably try it. pm
>Yum! Hopefully when the girl is a famous actress she won’t forget who made her meals growing up! Maybe she’ll hire someone to cook and clean for her parents too?
>Aren’t teenagers wonderful?
>Yummy! I’ve added it to my favorites. Thank you, Lindsay!
>YAY! I got a food processor for Christmas and have been dying to find a recipe that needs it! (Yes, I am a big fat dork.) I’ll be making this soon!
>Don’t feel bad, Karly, I’ve been ‘dying’ for a food processor to MAKE stuff like this!My step-dad’s kid (who’s 16) told my little sibs, “I don’t need to go to college – I’m going to be a mechanic so I can sit around and drink beer all day!” Putting everything that’s wrong with that statement aside: at least yours have a little higher aspirations than drinking beer all day.
>Oh, and my 6 yr old not only wants to cook – she wants to CLEAN, TOO! I don’t know what I did right, but if I figure it out, I’ll definitely share!
>I have to admit that I had also sworn I’d never cook, until I turned 25 and got engaged and then I was determined to make my foodie husband happy- and thank God, I’m good at it and love it. (Gardening? That’s another story).This is one of those moments when my mother’s curse (“I hope you have a daughter that’s JUST LIKE YOU!!”) is working its hoodoo.
>Lindsay,Have you ever been contacted by any of the networks about turning this blog into a sitcom?? If not, they must be sleeping on the job—this would make for hilarious TV, a perfect mix of Roseanne and the mom from Father Knows Best!
>My mom used to make something almost just like this!Yum! I’m hungry.You’re making me scared about when the kids become teens, though.
>It FEELS like a sitcom around here, that’s for sure!
>We’ll have to try it, because your last one that we made was a BIG hit.And Michelle O’Neil has pretty haaaaair.
>I, too, swore that I would be rich enough to have someone else do all the cooking, cleaning, sewing… Now I kick myself and wish I’d paid more attention to my mother when she wanted to teach me advanced cooking skills and sewing. Sure I can cook, but not very well.